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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXV HE No.KRAINIAN 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1997 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine ForeignT InvestmentU Council strives Verkhovna RadaW acts quickly on changes to make Ukraine business-friendly to election law suggested by president

by Roman Woronowycz which is more sympathetic to the needs of by Roman Woronowycz ing with Article 94 of the Constitution of Kyiv Press Bureau businesses, and the predominantly leftist Kyiv Press Bureau Ukraine.” legislature has also led to constantly But the Verkhovna Rada speedily KYIV — The President’s Foreign changing statutes that affect the business KYIV — Ukraine’s Parliament moved made room on its agenda of October 14 Investment Advisory Council met for the community. One of Motorola’s reasons quickly to smooth any further roadblocks and in one session passed 13 of the pro- first time on October 3 to begin the work for abandoning its deal with Ukraine were to a new law on elections on October 14 posals and rejected two, most notably a of making Ukraine more amicable to for- the “ever-changing rules of the game,” when it acted in one day to incorporate recommendation that a 50 percent eign businesses. Although Ukraine’s said its Ukraine director at the time it can- most changes requested by the president. turnout in electoral districts remain a president and government officials tried celed its contract with the government. After waiting the 15 days he is allowed requirement for a valid election. The to paint a hopeful picture, representatives Some observers here say Motorola was under the Constitution to accept or reject a original version the lawmakers kept of the international business community actually referring to the numerous and bill received from the Verkhovna Rada, requires no minimum turnout, which insisted that more changes are needed. ever-changing officials that must be paid President Leonid Kuchma surprised many effectively kills any threat of second- Problems such as large-scale graft, off to receive permits and licenses, while here by returning the election bill to the round voting, except in cases of a tie. In ever-changing laws and a non-user- others simply think it was a reference to legislature on October 13, along with a the 1994 elections consistently poor friendly corporate tax have made at least instability surrounding business laws. letter listing 15 changes he felt were nec- voter turnout in certain districts resulted one large multi-national firm, Motorola, Laws can change in a day, or can be essary and without which he would be in some Verkhovna Rada seats remaining cancel its contract to provide a billion- implemented retroactively, as happened forced to veto the bill. empty for the entire four year term of dollar mobile phone system for Ukraine, with the value-added tax. That tax, It was an unexpected move because Ukraine’s second Parliament. and many others gun-shy about doing which marks up commodities imported just days before the Parliament passed a Verkhovna Rada Chairman Oleksander business in Ukraine. into Ukraine by 20 percent, even those new election law on September 24, Moroz, trying to assuage the fears of Since 1991, Ukraine has attracted only needed to build a finished product in the which gives Ukraine a mix of a propor- national deputies who thought that reject- around $1.6 billion in foreign invest- country, are highly constricting on for- tional party system and a straight majori- ing the presidential guideline for a mini- ment, and nothing suggests that a boom eign investment. ty one, President Kuchma told lawmak- mum required voter turnout would lead to is imminent. Then there is the corporate profit tax ers he was ready to sign a law on a mixed a veto, told the legislative body before the Peter Baker, general director of Coca- on joint ventures, which at 30 percent election system. vote: “The president told me yesterday Cola Amatil — Central Europe, one of dissuades all but those with the most Stating that certain provisions of the that this clause is not crucial.” the most successful foreign investors in long-term investment goals to put their election law “contravene the Constitution However, a presidential proposal that Ukraine, did not mince words when he money in Ukraine. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine,” the president in his letter of all candidates speak Ukrainian, a stipula- addressed the council. “The corporate has four times rejected bills sponsored October 13 said the Verkhovna Rada tion that many national democrats had profit tax sends a negative signal to those by the president to exempt foreign joint should re-examine the bill and act on the considered a victory, was removed after a who are thinking about bringing their 15 recommendations “failing which, I money into Ukraine,” said Mr. Baker. (Continued on page 7) will have to use the right of veto in keep- (Continued on page 7) “We also have concerns about the value- added tax, customs procedures, very unspecified laws and the huge bureaucra- cy that still exists.” Toronto pays tribute to former Soviet political prisoner However, Mr. Baker said he was by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj heartened that now there was the chance Toronto Press Bureau to improve the investment climate through the council. TORONTO — The 10th anniversary of Danylo Shumuk’s The 21 foreign members of the council release from the Soviet gulag and arrival in Canada in May represent large multi-national firms, 1987, after a mind-numbing 42 years in various jails, prison including U.S.-based corporations such as camps and exile, was celebrated with a tribute, titled “Road to the Boeing Corp., Cargill, and Ernst and Freedom,” at Toronto’s Old Mill on September 28. Young, the British oil conglomerate Seated with Mr. Shumuk at the head table was a special British Petroleum, the Korean automotive guest, Eduard Kuznetsov, who had been a philosophy student giant Daewoo and the German firms when he was sentenced to seven years for “anti-Soviet under- Deutsche Telekom and Daimler-Benz, ground activity” in 1961. Later, after a failed attempt to hijack a who have maintained an investment or are plane to the West, he was sentenced to death. An international about to do so despite a Ukrainian econo- outcry prompted the Kremlin to commute Mr. Kuznetsov’s my that continues to tumble and still has sentence; thus, he came to share a prison cell with Mr. Shumuk not seen full reform of the marketplace. for five years in the 1970s. What keeps them here is a huge, well- Mr. Kuznetsov, author of “Prison Diaries,” an award-win- educated and cheap work force and a ning account of his incarceration, traveled from Israel where he lucrative market of 51 million people – works as editor-in-chief of the Russian-language Tel-Aviv- Europe’s second largest. based daily Viesti, to pay homage to his former cellmate. But it is a harsh business climate in “For him the truth means the truth and nothing else,” the which even medium-sized firms must Moscow-born Jewish activist said of Mr. Shumuk. “For him, first obtain in the area of 80 different honesty means honesty and conscience means conscience.” types of licenses from various tiers of “For Shumuk, being Ukrainian is very important, but even if government merely to begin to work, you were a Martian, and he saw that you were being wronged, according to Andrew Bihun, senior com- he would stand up for you.” Mr. Kuznetsov added. mercial officer at the United States He said it was difficult to imagine, even now for survivors, Embassy here. “Fees on an official level how harsh conditions were in strict-regime camps such as those are comparable to Western Europe, but in which Mr. Shumuk was held. “But the Russian proverb says, the sheer number of them is enormous,” ‘it’s not the bars, nor the cells, it’s the other prisoners,’ ” Mr. Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj said Mr. Bihun. “Many people say it is Kuznetsov recalled. “And so I’d tell people: ‘If you end up in the wellspring for graft,” he added. Danylo Shumuk as he was presented with a copy of the The battle for control of the govern- (Continued on page 4) Universal Declaration of Human Rights and sunflowers. ment between the executive branch, 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1997 No. 42

Ecumenical patriarch to visit UOC center SOMERSET, N.J. – Ecumenical Continental Congress. The tour will also NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Patriarch Bartholomew will visit the include such points of interest as the St. Center of the Ukrainian Orthodox Andrew Memorial Church, St. Andrew Kuchma says CIS has exhausted itself 10 percent during the first six months of Church of the U.S.A. and Diaspora, Cemetery, the crypt of the Church’s first 1997. Mr. Chernomyrdin called for a located in South Bound Brook and patriarch, the Memorial Church Museum, ALMATY — President Leonid coordinated monetary policy. According Franklin Township, N.J., on Monday, Archdiocesan Consistory and Library Kuchma told journalists in the Kazak capi- to Izvestiya of October 10, the prospect of October 27. Complex, and St. Sophia Seminary. tal, where he arrived on October 14 for an introducing a single CIS currency The spiritual leader of the 3 million- The historic visit to the center will official visit, that the Commonwealth of between 2005 and 2010 was discussed. In member Orthodox Christian Church is include the celebration of a Moleben Independent States “in its current form” Kyiv, after the summit, Ukraine’s Prime scheduled to arrive via helicopter from Doxology at 5:30 p.m. on the front porti- has exhausted itself as an institution. Mr. Minister Valerii Pustovoitenko stated that New York City at 4:30 p.m. He will be co of the St. Andrew Memorial Church, Kuchma was particularly critical of the he remains confident about economic welcomed by the Ukrainian Orthodox at which the patriarch will preside and customs union of four countries within the integration between the countries of the Church’s chief bishop, Metropolitan address the faithful. CIS, which, he said, is a serious obstacle to CIS. He noted that economic integration Constantine, and other bishops of the The prayer service will be followed by trade within the CIS as a whole. President is based on “common sense.” During the Church. a dinner scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. in Kuchma also met with his Kazak counter- meeting Mr. Chernomyrdin and Mr. The ecumenical patriarch will tour the the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 135 part, Nursultan Nazarbaiev. At a joint Pustovoitenko confirmed the need to center’s grounds, which houses the his- Davidson Ave. in Somerset. press conference President Nazarbaiev speed up long-term economic cooperation toric Henry Fisher Manor. Built in 1688, Thousands, among them Church and characterized bilateral relations as “amica- between Ukraine and Russia. (Eastern the manor served as the residence of this civil dignitaries, are expected to partici- ble” and affirmed that the two countries Economist RFE/RL Newsline) American patriot and delegate to the pate in this historic event. have the same views on all global prob- lems. He also said that Kazakstan will con- Ukraine, Hungary open NATO missions sider any option for exporting its oil, BRUSSELS — Ukraine and Hungary including via Ukraine. The two presidents became the first non-NATO countries to FOR THE RECORD: Statement signed a declaration on bilateral coopera- establish missions accredited to the tion. In addition, five inter-governmental Western alliance. Ukraine’s Ambassador agreements were signed, including one Borys Tarasiuk presented his credentials by Ukrainian Orthodox bishops designating an area in Kazakstan where to NATO Secretary-General Javier parts of Ukraine’s Zenit rockets will fall Below is a statement issued by the His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew Solana during a meeting of the alliance back to earth. Several Kazak Senate mem- Council of Bishops of the Ukrainian warmly welcomed our delegation at the council on October 8. The opening of a bers, including Engels Gabbasov, protest- Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. Phanar on Tuesday, October 7. During their military office as a part of Ukraine’s mis- ed that accord at a meeting with President meeting, His All-Holiness provided an sion to NATO was a topic of discussion Over the past few weeks several press Kuchma on October 15. Mr. Gabbasov exact account of his statement in Odesa, at the first meeting of the Ukraine-NATO agencies have published information from said he opposes allowing Ukraine or any which does not differ from any earlier committee in Brussels on October 13. Moscow Patriarchate sources concerning stance he has taken. The significant portion other CIS state to use Kazak territory for the late September meeting in Odesa, According to Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs of his statement is as follows: “From the military experiments. (RFE/RL Newsline) Ministry, a memorandum on mutual Ukraine, between His All-Holiness, Mother Church of Constantinople we bless Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Ukraine to sell metal from dead zone? understanding between Ukraine and all the Ukrainian people, to which the NATO in the emergencies sector was the Patriarch of Moscow, Aleksi II. The Mother Church of Constantinople sent the KYIV — According to an October 14 signed. In Kyiv, NATO’s information ecumenical patriarch was leading an envi- Christian Lights many centuries ago. We report on Kyiv’s “Studio 1+1” television, center jointly sponsored a seminar with ronmental conference abroad a ship that sincerely and fervently pray to our Lord Kyiv hopes to attract private capital to pay the Center for Social and Political called at various ports on the Black Sea. Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, to once for the retrieval and sale of thousands of Research on October 13 for representa- The patriarchs of Georgia and Moscow again bring unity, ecclesiastical unity, to the tons of metal now lying in the contaminat- tives of local media from Ukrainian both sent last-minute invitations to the Orthodox Ukrainian people, always within ed zone around the Chornobyl nuclear cities. Although Ukraine held its first ecumenical patriarch to visit churches in the framework of the canonical order of our power plant. The television station did not talks with NATO more than five years these ports, and the ecumenical patriarch, Holy Orthodox Church. We recognize the indicate how the metal would be cleaned ago, most of the population is still not as a courtesy, agreed to accept the invita- jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Moscow or where the funds for the project might familiar with its work, according to the tions, and, according to press reports, at as the canonical jurisdiction here, but we come from. (RFE/RL Newsline) head of NATO’s information center in the same time refused to meet with repre- believe that this is not enough; that this Kyiv, Roman Lyshchynsky. (Eastern CIS summit held in Kyrgyzstan sentatives of the other Ukrainian does not solve the concrete problem which Economist, RFE/RL Newsline) Orthodox jurisdictions in Ukraine. Indeed, exists. The wholehearted and fervent prayer representatives of the Kyiv Patriarchate BISHKEK — Seven CIS prime minis- No executions since March of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and of our ters and seven first vice prime ministers and the Ukrainian Autocephalous juris- Modesty personally, is for unity to be met on October 9 to discuss the document STRASBOURG — Attending the dictions were not invited to participate in restored as soon as possible for the glory of “Concept for Integrated Economic Council of Europe summit of heads of the visitation to Odesa and were refused the Lord’s name and toward the more Development of the CIS.” This document state on October 10, President Leonid admission to the meetings. effective ministry of Orthodoxy here and had been discussed, but not unanimously Kuchma told the head of its Parliamentary In addition, we learned from these more broadly throughout the world.” endorsed, at a previous summit in March. Assembly Leni Fischer that “not a single reports that the ecumenical patriarch The patriarch continued: “To all the All participants, except Georgia, signed a execution has been carried out in Ukraine repeated his long-known stance that, Ukrainians without exception, we make document on implementing this concept. since March 1997.” He qualified this according to current ecclesiastical reali- this appeal at this moment to think about Ukraine signed 13 out of a total of 23 statement by saying that he alone is ties, the only recognized Church in their responsibility to history and to documents discussed at the session, unable to abolish the death penalty, since Ukraine is that which is part of the Orthodoxy, and to seek together the including a resolution on creating an anti- vote is required. Mr. Kuchma proposed on Moscow Patriarchate. means and way of unity. This (unity) will crime coordination bureau. Other docu- October 11 that the Verkhovna Rada rati- The Sobor of Bishops of the Ukrainian be their greatest strength. This will be the ments included matters pertaining to fy Protocol No. 6 to the Convention on Orthodox Church of the U.S.A., upon glory of the Lord’s name. This will be the transnational corporations, a common Protection of Human Rights and hearing of these press reports, contacted greatest joy of the Mother Church of agricultural market and international road Freedoms, which concerns abolition of the heads of metropolias of the Constantinople, and then everyone transport. Russian Prime Minister Viktor capital punishment. Ukraine signed this Permanent Conference of Ukrainian together will glorify with one mouth and Chernomyrdin expressed concern that document on May 5 in Strasbourg. Orthodox Bishops Beyond the Borders of one heart, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, trade between CIS states had declined by (Eastern Economist) Ukraine. Rather than rely upon the media Trinity. One in essence and indivisible. for accurate information, the conference May the glory, honor and worship be decided to request Archbishop Antony, unto our Triune God unto the ages.” who, at the invitation of His Holiness, The Bishops of the Permanent FOUNDED 1933 Patriarch Theoctist, was participating in Conference and the Sobor of Bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the HE KRAINIAN EEKLY the consecration of a new Ukrainian TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Orthodox Church in Romania, to travel to U.S.A. have stood firm and remain so in a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. 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Even the Parsippany, NJ 07054 (September 28), Metropolitan Volodymyr Patriarchate of Constantinople, at various Sabodan of the Ukrainian Orthodox times in this century, has declared this The Ukrainian Weekly, October 19, 1997, No. 42, Vol. LXV Church — Moscow Patriarchate was Copyright © 1997 The Ukrainian Weekly incorrectly referred to as a patriarch. (Continued on page 11) No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1997 3 Leadership Conference focuses on Ukrainian Americans’ expanding horizons

by Yaro Bihun Special to The Ukrainian Weekly WASHINGTON — About 200 Ukrainian American community activists from across the United States took time over the Columbus Day weekend, October 10-12, for some organizational introspection and planning for future development. They participated in The Washington Group’s annual Leadership Conference, which this year focused on the community’s needs. Its theme, “We Can do Better: Expanding Horizons for Ukrainian Americans,” was advanced in five panel discussions on how Ukrainian American and other ethnic groups organize their efforts, the best ways of influencing the U.S. government and society, working and building connections with Ukraine, and winning and executing government grants. They also heard two main speakers analyze develop- ments in Ukraine: Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States Yuri Shcherbak and Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia at the National Security Council William Courtney. During the conference’s opening reception on Friday evening at the Ukrainian Embassy, Ambassador Shcherbak read a statement from Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Hennadii Udovenko, who underscored the world’s growing interest in Ukraine and the impor- tance for Ukraine to integrate itself into “existing eco- nomic, political and security structures that have already proven their effectiveness.” Natalie Sluzar TWG’s “Friend of Ukraine” award was presented during the banquet on Saturday evening to two promi- Members of the panel that discussed “How are Ukrainian American Organizations Doing?” (from left): nent New York cultural figures: Lidia Krushelnytsky, Roma Hayda, Bohdan Vitvitsky, Myron Kuropas, Bohdan Watral and the Rev. Stefan Zencuch. director of the Ukrainian Stage Ensemble, and Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky, choreographer/artistic director of of the Polish American Congress, said Polish Americans one’s ethnic community or the country of one’s origin, the Syzokryli dance ensemble, for “their outstanding think that Ukrainian Americans are better organized than said Ms. Matuszewski. What one feels is much more contribution to the cause of Ukraine and the Ukrainian they are. The PAC’s work now is centered on NATO important, she said. Mr. Rotondaro pointed out that American community.” expansion and getting the Senate to agree to it, and it is while the majority of Italian Americans say they speak The working conference opened on Saturday morning enlisting the cooperation of other Central European eth- Italian and want their children to know it too, most of with a keynote address by Ambassador Shcherbak, who nic groups in this effort. the board members of the foundation do not. discussed Ukraine’s development and achievements To be effective, however, she added, “Don’t forget As for their ethnic press, both the Polish and Italian over the past several years. about the American agenda. You have to work from American press are on the decline. But, as Mr. Ukraine’s future in the 21st century, Dr. Shcherbak within to change” and to have influence in the state capi- Rotondaro pointed out, it’s an American problem in gen- said, will be determined by its relations with the United tals and in Washington. eral — people are not reading as much as they once did. Unlike East European ethnic groups, Italian Americans States, with Russia and with NATO. “We hope that the A look inward United States will not agree in the future with the cre- have no major foreign policy problems to pursue, accord- ation of new spheres of influence in the region,” he said. ing to Fred Rotondaro, executive director of the Italian The second panel looked at Ukrainian American orga- The role of the Ukrainian American community “is American Foundation. His organization was founded in nizations and institutions. highly apprised in Kyiv,” he said. “There is no doubt 1975 primarily to counter the negative depiction of Italian As Roma Hayda of the Ukrainian Catholic Laity that attaining a strategic partnership in such a short peri- Americans in the media. The problem is still there, but it’s Council pointed out, in order to preserve itself in the past od of time would have been impossible without the sup- no longer a major theme, he said. the Ukrainian American community had taken the isola- port of the Ukrainian diaspora in the U.S.” Since Italian Americans “have arrived” and are in the tionist approach, which resulted in a siege mentality in Dr. Shcherbak said President Kuchma would lead a mainstream of American life and politics, Mr. Rotondaro the face of changing times. “Today we have to evaluate large Ukrainian delegation to the launch of Ukraine’s said, his organization looks for themes that have a positive this approach and rethink our short-term and long-term first cosmonaut aboard the U.S. space shuttle on impact on the larger community and activities that will objectives,” she said. November 19 at Cape Canaveral, Fla., and called on serve to retain the Italian heritage for their children. While “It is time to recognize that we are not an immigrant Ukrainian Americans to participate in that historic event. Italian Americans do not speak with one voice, he said, community any more ... we have integrated into the sur- Asked about the continued predominance of the they get back together for the greater good. rounding civic, economic and cultural environment. But Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine, Ambassador While important, fluency in the ethnic language Shcherbak said that one must understand the “very diffi- should not be a prerequisite to working for the good of (Continued on page 12) cult heritage from 300 years of Russian domination.” The Moscow Patiarchate has 6,000 parishes in Ukraine, and the government cannot discount possible political consequences of any action it might take in the area of religious relations. The question of the new law on religions in Russia came up following Ambassador Courtney’s address a few hours later during lunch. Mr. Courtney said Washington was not sure whether the recent seizure by Russian authorities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate in Noginsk was a result of the new law, and has sought clarification from Moscow. The new law signed by Russian President Boris Yeltsin is no better than the law he vetoed earlier, Ambassador Courtney said, suggesting that the state may be eroding its moral authority “by passing laws that might send signals throughout society that religious dis- crimination can be practiced.” Mr. Courtney stressed the need for staying the course of economic reform in Ukraine and not using the coming parliamentary elections as an excuse for slowing the reform process. The Ukrainian American community can help, he said. “Your moral support and experience in a democrat- ic market economy can help Ukrainians define their own vision of a better future, with more freedom and more prosperity. Please stay engaged, and help Ukrainians stay the course for reform.” An ethnic perspective The conference’s first panel familiarized the participants with how some ethnic groups work in the United States. TWG Vice-President Marta Zielyk (center) announces the recipients of the 1997 “Friend of Ukraine” award, Ewa Matuszewski, a member of the board of directors choreographer Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky (right) and theater director Lidia Krushelnytsky. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1997 No. 42

Swiss AI group had written over 400 letters to the camp Toronto pays tribute... commandant where he was being held, he could hardly (Continued from page 1) contain his happiness. “These were people who kept the Danylo Shumuk: some camp, ask to be put with Shumuk. He will share his flame burning inside me, a flame of hope that maybe I’d food, he will give you the shirt off his back, and he will survive after all.” He grimly noted that the commandant, a a prisoner for 42 years never allow an injustice against you to pass in silence.’ ” certain Maj. Zhuravkov, committed suicide after the death Danylo Shumuk was born in Boremschyna, Mr. Kuznetsov said Mr. Shumuk and others like him of Vasyl Stus in 1985. Volodymyr Volynskyi county, Volyn, on managed to build a strong underground authority within The chair of Amnesty International’s Toronto branch, December 30, 1914. In 1933, he was arrested by the camps, and the Soviet “organs” preferred not to touch Lina Anani, delivered a moving tribute to Mr. Shumuk, Polish police four times and held for short terms, them. “This shows that if there is a group of individuals speaking for the activists who petitioned Soviet leaders on the longest being two months. On January 19, strong, clever and intelligent enough, they can resist even his behalf. “It is a rare pleasure and opportunity to meet 1934, he was arrested by Polish authorities and a powerful machine, a massive totalitarian regime,” he with one of the noble people for whom we work,” Ms. held in jail in Kovel until he was sentenced on affirmed. Anani said. May 25, 1935, to eight years’ imprisonment for his In his introduction of Mr. Kuznetsov, University of Addressing Mr. Shumuk, the AI representative said: role in the underground Communist Party of Waterloo Prof. John Jaworsky (translator of Mr. “Perseverance, dignity and courage are your hallmarks. Western Ukraine and taken to a prison in Lomzha. Shumuk’s memoirs), noted that the two men’s friendship You exemplified the spirit of Amnesty International’s Under an amnesty for political prisoners pro- proved quite fortuitous, since Mr. Kuznetsov was an symbol — the candle entwined by barbed wire — you claimed by the Polish government in 1938, Mr. expert practitioner of “mikro,” the microscopically small never allowed your candle to be blown out.” Shumuk’s sentence was reduced by a third. In the hand printing used by purveyors of samizdat. Prof. In a moving gesture, Ms. Anani presented the celebrant spring of the following year, he was transferred to Jaworsky pointed out that Mr. Shumuk’s memoirs, “Za with a copy of the Universal Declaration on Human a jail in Bialystok, and on May 24, 1939, he was Skhidnym Obriem” (Beyond the Eastern Horizon), and Rights, a copy of Mr. Shumuk’s AI case file and “the sun- released. various proclamations were smuggled out in “mikro” ver- flowers you love.” Mr. Shumuk was conscripted into a Red Army sions prepared by Mr. Kuznetsov. An audio-visual presentation by Andrij Semotiuk, a penal battalion in May 1941, then captured by the In concluding his address, Mr. Kuznetsov said: “If man very active in the Canadian human rights movement German invading force soon after and spent sever- Ukrainians were to plant a grove in which every tree will of the 1970s and 1980s, offered a wide-ranging perspec- al months in a concentration camp for Soviet pris- honor their people’s heroes and martyrs, I would very tive of the world events that Mr. Shumuk’s incarceration oners of war, in Khorol, near Poltava. much like to plant a tree in honor of Danylo Shumuk.” spanned and of the efforts undertaken to secure his Managing to escape, Mr. Shumuk returned to Mr. Shumuk, 82, the longest serving Soviet political release. Volyn and joined the anti-Soviet, anti-Nazi prisoner, was typically modest, saying the idea of the trib- The Humber Room, where the patron’s reception was Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) in 1943. ute made him “uncomfortable,” adding that “I’m not enti- held, and the larger Brulé Room, where the banquet took On February 23, 1945, he was captured by tled to anything, nobody owes me anything.” place, were adorned with over 65 watercolors, charcoal, MVD (Internal Affairs Ministry) troops in the vil- Characteristically, he was also unstintingly frank and pencil, and pen-and-ink drawings of camp scenes done by lage of Rozkopantsi, near Bohuslav in the Kyiv morally rigorous in his address. “It is not heroic to try to fellow gulag veteran Hryhorii Herchak. In a far corner of Oblast, brought to Rivne and sentenced to death by live in peace with one’s conscience, to respect others and the Humber Room a mock cell was set up, which featured a secret military court on April 16. After 47 nights to respect one’s people,” Mr. Shumuk said, ably assisted various documents and photographs of Mr. Shumuk dur- on death row, his sentence was commuted to 20 by translator Natalka Jemetz. “It is the responsibility of ing his incarceration and exile, and following his emigra- years’ imprisonment in the hard labor camps in every human being.” tion to the West. Norilsk, Kalarhoni, Taishet, Bratsk and other Frail only in body, the Volhynian-born camp veteran The tribute was emceed by “Kontakt’s” Olia Szczuryk, Siberian locales. After participating in a camp had a message for youth, calling on them to engage in and its honorary chairman was former Member of uprising in 1953, he was taken to the notorious social and political activism. “The future belongs to youth, Parliament Michael Starr. It was attended by over 200 Vladimir Prison near Moscow, interrogated and for they can avoid making the mistakes made by their par- people, including fellow former gulag inmates, human held there for a year and a half. ents’ generation, and thus they can think and act construc- rights activists and community leaders, and was sponsored As a result of the Khrushchev thaw, his case tively,” Mr. Shumuk said. and organized by Amnesty International’s Toronto was reviewed, and on August 17, 1956, Mr. He recalled his own “tempestuous youth,” during Branch, Media Watch Ukraine, the Ukrainian Research Shumuk was freed before completing his term. He which he was plunged into political activity, initially as a and Documentation Center, the Ukrainian World returned to Ukraine, however, he was rearrested on Communist. “But I found that it was an unprecedented Congress’s Human Rights Commission, the Ukrainian November 21, 1957, in Slavianka, Dnipropetrovsk evil,” Mr. Shumuk remembered, “and I couldn’t forgive Canadian Congress’ Toronto Branch, the Ukrainian Oblast, for refusing to become a KGB informer. myself for this error.” Thereafter, he added, “My struggle Professional Business Association’s Toronto Branch, the He was charged with anti-Soviet agitation and pro- against bolshevism was akin to my breathing, synony- Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Business Federation, paganda, and on May 5, 1958, sentenced to 10 mous with the essence of my life.” the Ukrainian War Veterans’ Association, the Basilian years in labor camps in Siberia. Mr. Shumuk described fascism as “this century’s horrif- Press, the “Kontakt” and “Svitohliad” television programs, The veteran zek served his second Soviet term ic other evil” against which he also fought, but noted that and Air Ukraine. in Vorkuta, then in various locations in the Irkutsk fascist parties had been banned in post-war Germany when Despite the afternoon’s considerable success, there Oblast, then in Mordovian camps No. 7, 1 and 11. democracy was weak, while in Ukraine the Communist remained a telling, black irony. Not a single official repre- Thanks to campaigns on his behalf by Amnesty Party’s “masked evil” has allowed it to resurface. sentative of the country for which Danylo Shumuk sacrificed International and Ukrainian associations in the Commenting on the current situation in his native coun- his youth, his health and his freedom chose to attend. West, he was released on November 21, 1967. Mr. try, Mr. Shumuk had harsh words for those Shumuk returned to Ukraine and lived in Bohuslav who, he said, caused post-independence and Kyiv. disillusionment by enriching themselves On January 12, 1972, at the outset of the while the general population’s living stan- Brezhnev regime’s so-called “second wave” of dards plummetted. “Personally, I consider arrests, he was arrested for writing his memoirs, them criminals,” the former dissident added and on July 7, having been taken to Lviv, was sen- tersely. tenced to 10 years in strict-regime camps in the Mr. Shumuk spoke vividly about his Mordovia and Perm oblasts, followed by five experiences in the strict-regime Perm camp. years’ exile in Kazakstan. “Death often walked in circles around me, As his latest term began, Mr. Shumuk gazing into my eyes,” he said, “and I often renounced his Soviet citizenship and demanded felt that if death took me then, nobody that he be recognized as a political prisoner. He would ever hear of me, nobody would ever also participated in various prisoners’ strikes and hear of what befell my fellow prisoners, other political protests. In 1979, he co-founded a and what befell my people.” Helsinki monitoring group in the Perm camp and The celebrant thanked Canadian Prime joined the Ukrainian Helsinki Group. In 1982, he Minister and Minister of External Affairs began his exile in the village of Karatobe, Ural Joe Clark (who sent a letter of greeting to Oblast, in Kazakhstan. Mr. Shumuk and to the event’s organizers) Throughout these years, Mr. Shumuk demanded for repeatedly remonstrating with Soviet the right to join his relatives in Canada. Thanks to officials, securing his release from exile, international campaigns on his behalf and to appeals and paving the way for his reunification made by the Canadian government to the Kremlin, with his brother, Ivan (who has since died), Mr. Shumuk was finally allowed to emigrate in in Canada. April 1987 after the completion of his term of exile. Mr. Shumuk also thanked Bohdan Mr. Shumuk arrived in Calgary, Alberta, Nahaylo, formerly of Radio Free accompanied by Canada’s ambassador to the Europe/Radio Liberty, and Halyna Horbach USSR, on May 23, 1987. for efforts on his behalf, as well as count- less Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian activists Arithmetic of repression in Western Europe, North America, Danylo Shumuk was imprisoned by Polish author- Australia and Asia who sent appeals to var- ities for a total of five years, six months. He was held ious Soviet institutions and leaders. as a prisoner of war by the Nazis for at least two Mr. Shumuk offered special thanks to months. Mr. Shumuk was then incarcerated by the Amnesty International (AI), which adopted Soviets for 36 years, five months and 25 days. All him as a prisoner of conscience in the Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj told, he spent 42 years, one month and 25 days of his 1970s. “Amnesty International’s efforts life in prisons, concentration camps or exile. saved me from certain death,” he asserted. A reunion of three former prisoners of the Soviet gulag: Danylo Mr. Shumuk said when he learned that a Shumuk is flanked by Hryhorii Herchak (left) and Eduard Kuznetsov. No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1997 5 The Very Rev. Patrick Paschak honored on 50th anniversary of priesthood

by Bohdanna Pochoday NEW YORK – September 28 proved to be a joyous and momentous day for St. George Ukrainian Catholic Parish located in the East Village of New York City, and in partic- ular for the Very Rev. Patrick Peter Paschak OSBM, pastor of St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church and vicar general of the Eparchy of Stamford. On this memorable day, hundreds of parishioners, friends, Ukrainian dignitaries, neighbors and New York government officials united to commemorate the golden jubilee of the priesthood of the Rev. Paschak. Father Paschak was one of six children born to Anastasia and Matthew Paschak, who emigrated from Ukraine to Canada in 1912. He was one of the three Paschak children who chose the religious life; all became active in both Canadian and American parishes. Father Paschak attended St. Nicholas School in Winnipeg, and in 1937 entered the Basilian novitiate in Mundare, Alberta, where he took his first vows on April 20, 1939. He was ordained to the priesthood in Grimbsy, Ontario, on August 2, 1947, and celebrated his first litur- gy in his hometown church, St. Nicholas, in Winnipeg. Between 1947 and 1949 Father Paschak attended to the needs of parishioners in western Canada. In 1949 he was assigned to St. George Parish in New York City. In the decade following, he served as the pastor of St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church, was a director and instructor at St. George Elementary School, served as principal of St. George Academy for Boys, performed The Very Rev. Patrick Paschak is flanked by Bishop Basil Losten (right) and Foreign Affairs Minister Hennadii the duties of a teacher and catechist, conducted spiritual Udovenko. missions and retreats, and contributed in numerous ways to the press, radio and television. Dean George Malachowsky, Natalia A. Chuma, Andrew American Veterans, Mr. Polche gave a heart-warming In 1959 Father Paschak was transferred from St. George Hankewych, Eugenia Iwashkiw, Oleksandra Kirshak, greeting as did Father Paschak’s good friend Msgr. Joseph Parish to Chicago, as well as Hamtramck, Mich. In 1981 Stefania Kosowych, Ludmyla Kostyk, Oksana Latynska, J. Fedorek, pastor of St. Vladimir Church in Elizabeth, N.J. Father Patrick was reassigned to St. George Parish upon the Maria Losynskyj, Theodore Malyniak, Maria Piatka, During the banquet, Mr. Kekish took the opportunity death of the Very Rev. Wolodymyr Gawlich. He has been Tania Rabij and Kornelij Wasylyk. to disclose the special citation conferred upon Father serving as pastor of the parish ever since. The banquet auditorium, suitably decorated in sym- Paschak on the occasion of his golden jubilee by the In the early years of his pastoral duties at St. George, bolic golden colors, was filled to capacity by parish- governor of New York, George Pataki. many demands were placed on Father Paschak. He was ioners, friends, fellow religious from numerous parish- Gov. Pataki noted: “... no greater tribute can be bestowed faced with the massive influx of Ukrainians to the United es, representatives of Ukrainian organizations, neigh- upon an individual than to be recognized by those who are States, which in turn placed a tremendous burden on the bors, family members and well-wishers. the grateful beneficiaries of your life’s work. This occasion infrastructure of the parish. Attending the golden jubilee – both the religious ser- represents the most sincere display of affection from the When Father Paschak returned to St. George Parish in vice and the banquet – were Ukrainian dignitaries, congregation to whom you have long been a guide, coun- 1981, he became involved in the completion of the inter- including Foreign Affairs Minister of Ukraine and selor and advocate. The Empire State is proud to pay tribute nal decoration of St. George Church, which was built President of the 52nd Session of the United Nations to the achievements and gifts bestowed upon the Ukrainian under the Very Rev. Gawlich’s administration. General Assembly Hennadii Udovenko, Ukraine’s Catholic community by Father Paschak, who has endeared Years later Father Paschak was a major moving force Permanent Representative to the United Nations Anatolii himself to so many by carrying out fundamental Christian behind the construction of the 12-story building adjacent Zlenko (who has since been named ambassador to teachings and selfless acts of kindness and love for others.” to St. George Church. There were numerous legal, social France) and Ukraine’s Consul General in New York Once the speeches and the program came to a conclu- and economic challenges to the development and con- Viktor Kryzhanivsky, all with their spouses, as well as sion, the jubilarian thanked all in attendance for com- struction of this building. Today, the building houses the other members of the Ukrainian diplomatic corps. memorating the occasion with him and thanked those parish rectory, living quarters for the parish religious and In addition, Dr. Jay Iselin, dean of the Cooper Union, who helped put the commemorative program together apartments owned by parishioners. a neighbor of St. George, and the jubilarian’s brother, (the committee members, the decorators, the students and With the independence of Ukraine, at the pastor’s ini- Walter Paschak, also joined the jubilee celebrations. the Bachynsky meat market). tiative, St. George Parish was honored with visits by for- After opening the banquet, Mr. Shmigel turned over He also gave praise to God for allowing him to lead mer Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk and current the program to Dr. Bohdan Kekish, who did an the life that he was privileged to live over the past 75 President Leonid Kuchma and various other dignitaries. admirable job as master of ceremonies. years – 50 of them as a priest. Father Paschak also Today, Father Paschak remains closely involved within The Dumka Chorus opened the banquet celebrations shared some memorable and moving personal moments Ukrainian American community circles. with a mini-concert, and the audience was also treated to from his fruitful and complex life. It was a moving and two songs by the delightful children’s choir from the Holy Divine liturgy of thanksgiving appropriate conclusion to an exceptional commemora- Cross Ukrainian Catholic Church in Astoria, N.Y., direct- tive program. ed by Chrystia Balko. The Very Rev. Paschak, celebrating his 75th birthday In his typical humorous fashion, the Rev. Lawryniuk Dr. Orest Kebalo, a parishioner and former student at this year, publicly began his commemorative golden thanked everyone for their attendance and show of St. George School for Boys, provided the keynote jubilee day at noon with a solemn divine liturgy of thanks- respect and love for Father Paschak, and thanked all of speech in the Ukrainian language. Mr. Kebalo enter- giving at St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church. Presiding the individuals and organizations that helped make the tained everyone with his humorous memories of life over the service attended by faithful of St. George Parish program a success. The program was concluded with and other well-wishers was Bishop Basil H. Losten of under Father Paschak’s administration as a student at St. George School in the 1950s. congratulatory remarks and a prayer by the Very Rev. Stamford. The Very Rev. Paschak was the main celebrant, Wolodymyr Bazylevsky of the Ukrainian Autocephalous and concelebrating clergy were the Very Rev. Christopher A keynote speech in the English language was deliv- Orthodox Church of St. Vladimir in New York City. Wojtyna, Msgr. Leon Mosko, the Very Rev. Edward ered by Bohdanna T. Pochoday, president of the Young, the Very Rev. Bernard Panczuk, the Very Rev. Ukrainian American Bar Association and a St. George Mauricius Popadiuk, the Very Rev. Lawrence Lawryniuk parishioner. Ms. Pochoday outlined the numerous accom- and Deacon Mark Hirniak. Also attending the divine litur- plishments of Father Paschak over the years, among them gy were Knights of St. Gregory Dr. Iwan Sierant, Harry his completion of St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church, Lazarenko to visit U.S. Polche and Julian Bachynsky. A homily in honor of the the development and construction of the 12-story apart- NEW YORK — Pavlo Lazarenko, Ukraine’s former jubilant was delivered by Bishop Losten, a longtime friend ment building next to the Church, and his assistance to prime minister, is scheduled to visit the United States on and supporter. Ukrainian immigrants in the 1950s. October 19-26. During his visit Mr. Lazarenko will The responses were sung by St. George Ukrainian After the delivery of these two speeches, Yaroslaw meet with U.S. business leaders, financial institutions, Catholic Choir and the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptysky Szul, an acting student of Lidia Krushelnytsky, rendered government officials, political entities, think-tanks and Choir conducted by Andrij Dobriansky. a well-performed, humorous monologue. representatives of the Jewish community. While a satisfying lunch was served by St. George His itinerary includes three meetings with the Jubilee banquet high school girls, the audience was treated to a rendition Ukrainian American community: October 20, 6 p.m. at Immediately following the divine liturgy, the parish- of the Latin version of “Ave Maria” and the popular the Ukrainian National Home, 140-142 Second Ave., ioners and other guests walked across the backyard of St. Ukrainian song “Sadok Vyshnevyi,” sung by Larissa New York; October 23, 7 p.m. at the Holy Family George Church into the auditorium of St. George Huryn Magun. Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall, 4250 Harewood Road, Academy and School for a celebratory banquet. Words of greetings, tribute and appreciation for the jubi- Washington; and October 25, 6 p.m. at the Ukrainian The commemorative golden jubilee program was larian were rendered by the Very Rev. Wojtyna, a former Cultural Center, 700 Cedar Road, Philadelphia. arranged through the efforts of a special jubilee executive priest from St. George Parish who currently serves the Holy Mr. Lazarenko is currently a national deputy to committee headed by Myroslaw Shmigel. Committee Cross Ukrainian Catholic Church in Astoria, N.Y. Praise Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada and the leader of the parlia- members were: Jaroslawa P. Rubel, Lesia Goy, George was offered also by Foreign Affairs Minister Udovenko, mentary faction Yednist. He is the head of the Shtohryn, Lidia Krushelnytsky, Wasyl Nykeforuk and who remembered the early days of his acquaintance with Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council, and founder and head Roman Holiat. The jubilee banquet committee comprised Father Paschak. Speaking on behalf of the Ukrainian of the new political party Hromada. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1997 No. 42

NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Farewell to Jersey City An autumn report from Lviv by Larissa M. L. Onyshkevych attracting Ukrainian publishers, Russian, When we began writing this editorial a week ago, the memories and the history Polish, German, Canadian and British hous- Lviv is lovely in October, especially were already packed away in boxes, neatly labeled. The sadness was palpable. We es were represented; there were no Shevchenko Prospect, which has seen much were leaving Jersey City, bound for Parsippany (that’s in Morris County, New Jersey). American or Ukrainian diaspora publishers. It was difficult to leave the place we had called home for the last 23 years. After all, restorative work recently: buildings have While Ukrainian children’s books were this was where The Ukrainian Weekly grew up, literally. been freshly painted, retouched, regilded, probably the most colorful, the technical The UNA’s former headquarters on Montgomery Street holds many precious decorated with planters and flowers on bal- quality of other books has improved notice- memories, for it was there that our paper’s first 16-page tabloid issue came on July 4, conies, shining, and elegant in a 19th centu- ably. Many new publishing houses were 1976, on our new offset printing press; it was there that we published our book dedi- ry style. On the strip of grass in the middle there too. One can marvel at the numerous cated to the 50th anniversary of the Great Famine in Ukraine and countless special of this wide boulevard stand benches, next attempts to provide much-needed books issues dedicated to the Ukrainian Helsinki Monitoring Group, Ukraine’s indepen- to them stand sculptures exhibited by local and textbooks in various fields. dence, the Chornobyl nuclear accident; it was there that our paper grew to 24 pages. artists from time to time. No matter what A new and small publishing house, We loved our neighborhood and our neighbors. The view from the UNA building the economic situation is here, Lviv is Litopys, which just started last year in Lviv, — well, it was simply the best. From our vantage point less than two blocks from the attempting to show its independence from has already given serious readers several Hudson River, we could see the twin towers of the World Trade Center directly across the capital and to provide proof that once it gems. They began with “An Anthology of from us, plus all of Manhattan from the Battery to the George Washington Bridge. actually did play a prominent role in Contemporary Literary and Philosophical Many of us still remember the breathtaking sites of Operation Sail 1976, marking the Ukrainian cultural life, and may do it again. Thought” (Maria Zubrytska editor; co-pub- U.S. Bicentennial, which we witnessed from the rooftop of our 15-story building. Lviv University lished with the Shevchenko Scientific And, of course, there was our famous neighbor, the 111-year-old Statue of Liberty Society of the U.S.), followed by Tamara whose ideals and name were so closely tied to that of our 104-year-old sister publica- The Ivan Franko Lviv University – the Hundurova’s “A Discourse on Early tion, Svoboda. Another link to the past — to UNA history — was located just three oldest Ukrainian university – began classes Ukrainian Modernism” and “New Europe” blocks away. What we used to call the “old UNA building” at 81-83 Grand St. was this fall on September 1. After a formal cer- (conference proceedings). By arranging for comfortingly close by, a connection to our roots. The UNA’s color emblem depicted emony held in front of the university and the translation from the Norwegian of Justin in bas-relief on stone still adorns the facade of that historic building. Ivan Franko’s statue in the park named in Gaarder’s international bestseller “Sophie’s Because of our proximity to New York (and our accessibility) we enjoyed many his honor, another program was held for World” (a history of philosophy in the form visitors — many of them historic figures. But there was so many other stories that faculty and guests. The university had of a novel), Litopys not only gave young walked right into our offices at 30 Montgomery Street ... so very many. The visitors decided to return to a long-forgotten tradi- and older adults a beautiful book, but made came from all around the world: from throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, tion of awarding honorary doctoral degrees, readers-to-be a proud part of the interna- Australia and, more recently, from Ukraine, as our building became a regular stop for and the first to be chosen to receive this tional reading public of this unique novel, visitors in the heady days of sovereignty and independence. honor since renewed Ukrainian indepen- and also started a Ukrainian chapter of How do you say good-bye to a building, a neighborhood, a period of your life and dence was the poet, member of Parliament “Sophie’s Club.” the community’s life? Indeed, how do you bid farewell to an era in history? You make and civic leader Ivan Drach. Since this Kyiv’s Osnovy Publishers just published an effort by making your rounds on moving day, saying your goodbyes to the people event was held only a week after the World their 100th book, and they were displaying who will remain in your old neighborhood. (Friends in the neighborhood were a large Congress of Ukrainians in Kyiv, in his translations of Plato’s “Dialogues,” Slovak part of our wonderful Jersey City experience: the Greeks, Irish, Poles, Jews, acceptance speech Mr. Drach stressed the poetry, works of Tagore, as well as books Portuguese, Chinese, Koreans and others, including the Ukrainians). You snap some need to organize a World Forum of by several authors from North America, photos, you carefully take down the bulletin board and lovingly put away each and Ukrainian Youth. such as Zenon Kohut’s “Russian every photo of people — mostly staffers and others who had or have a connection to During the ceremony the energetic and Centralism and Ukrainian Autonomy, The Weekly — for they will reappear on that same bulletin board in another place 30 young rector (or president) of this vibrant 1760-1880” and George Grabowicz’s, miles away. While pointing to yellowed issues of the newspaper, you tell a younger and proud Ukrainian university, Dr. Ivan “Towards A History of Ukrainian co-worker how it used to be, try to impart a feeling for the old days, recreate a Vakarchuk, reported on the university’s Literature.” smidgen of the atmosphere. But mostly you recall how it was, and your co-workers or achievements during the last academic year. Lybid Publishing House was advertising superiors who are no longer there. The institution has 16 departments now, a book by the Ukrainian American econo- You realize your colleague next door is right: very few of us “originals” (i.e., those with 60 majors, including a new Law who moved from the old “old building”) remain. Before closing the door to your mist Ivan Koropeckyj, “Essays on School. Last June the university awarded Ukrainian Economics” and by authors from office, you take a last look at the changing cityscape of Jersey City — this area that 2,050 undergraduate diplomas. The rector once was full of warehouses and piers, and today is home to the tallest office building several decades ago, such as Volodymyr expressed concern about the problems that Antonovych, “Selected Works” and in all of New Jersey. You remember with such indescribable pride that it was the high school students from rural communi- Volodymyr Shcherbakivskyj, “Ukrainian UNA that began the urban renewal in this part of the city when it broke ground in ties have in being admitted to universities; Art.” Naukova Dumka recently published 1970 for its new headquarters building. You study the tall factory building that is the therefore, for the second year in a row, the “A Popular Commentary to the Criminal most prominent feature outside your Jersey City office window with its smokestacks university has allocated 36 percent of the Codex” and A Russian-Ukrainian Technical and high arched windows — and the wild “roof garden” that sprouted atop the now- slots in its first year class to high school Dictionary. A Russian-Ukrainian abandoned structure. It, too, is a link to the past that will never be forgotten. graduates from the villages, the same pro- Dictionary of Aviation and Space Science And you wonder: how will it be in the new place? You know many things will portion they represent in the total popula- was published by Dnipropetrovsk change. That is inevitable. But life goes on. tion of Ukraine. University. A multi-volume edition of The total number of students is over “History of the Ukrainian Underground 12,000 now, with 700 graduate students, the Army” was displayed by Litopys UPA; the largest number in any Ukrainian university. Ivano-Frankivsk publisher Lilea released a Oct. There are over 600 foreign students here as “History of Plast” by Borys Savchuk. well. TurningTurning the pagespages back... back... Kharkiv’s Folio Publishing exhibited Ihor The university has 900 teaching person- Kalynets’ new collection of poetry “Lasting 16 nel who have not been paid for months. Word” (“Slovo Tryvaiuche”). Scientists who were strictly involved with There were many textbooks for all 1907 research have been let go because of finan- grades, as well as for college. A local, Lviv Had he lived, Petro Grigorenko would have celebrated his 90th cial difficulties. At this time, the govern- publishing house A-BA-BA-HA-LA-MA- birthday last week. The former Red Army general and Helsinki ment owes the university, which is state GA, founded by the poet Ivan Malkovych, monitoring group member was born on October 16, 1907, in supported, 1.5 million hryvni in salaries and displayed its bright, colorful and exciting Borysivka, a village north of Nogaiske (now Prymorske) just off the Azov Sea coast. 1.2 million hrv in scholarships for students. books for children, both new and old sto- He endured a difficult childhood. His mother died of typhoid when he was 3, his step- Nevertheless, the university is attempting to ries: “Ivasyk-Telesyk,” A Little Golden mother fled from poverty and hardship when he was 7, and then the famine of 1921 hit. lead a normal life. It has managed to expand Spider, “Pan Kotskyi.” There were at least But the young man’s imagination was fired by the newfound national conciousness its international contacts, opened several another half dozen publishing houses of – “I learned that I belonged to the same nationality as the great Shevchenko” he wrote international centers (and plans an children’s books. in his memoirs – and then by his membership in the Komsomol. American Center), and is introducing new Awards for best books in several cate- After working for some years in the Selidovka District Committee’s rail transport disciplines (e.g., Turkish and Persian). department (and surviving a near-fatal accident), he enrolled in the Kharkiv gories, published in 1996-1997, were Polytechnical Institute, graduating with a degree in engineering (1929-1931). Publishers forum announced at the closing of the forum. In As the man-made famine loomed in late 1932, he raged against Ukrainian Communist the area of Ucrainica first prize was given The first Publishers Forum was orga- for “Tustan’: An Old Rus’ Fortress” by Party Secretary Stanislav Kossior, whom he held responsible for it, and having being dis- nized in Lviv several years ago; the fourth suaded from writing protests to Stalin about it, no doubt avoided an early demise yet again. Mykhailo Rozhko (Naukova Dumka); in forum was held this year on September 12- current fiction – “Perversions” by Jurii He travelled to Moscow to study at the Military Engineering Academy (graduating in 15, under the direction of its president, 1934) and the General Staff Academy (1939). Serving in the Far East after 1939, he was Andrukhovych (Lileia, Ivano-Frankivske); Oleksandra Koval. The exhibit was bigger translations – a 3-volume edition of Albert reprimanded in 1941 for criticizing Stalin’s purge of the Red Army and weakening of forti- than ever, with about 210 publishers, 35 fications in Western Ukraine. A decorated division commander on the German front during Camus’ works (published by Folio, bookstores and 40 libraries (publishing their Kharkiv), and in juvenile books – the the war (where he encountered his “servile” future tormentor, Leonid Brezhnev), he own series), book distributors and publish- returned to Moscow to teach at the Frunze Military Academy, became the head of its facul- above-mentioned translation of Gaarder’s ers of maps and postcards – a total of 450 “Sophie’s World”. The grand prize was ty of military cybernetics, and was promoted to the rank of general in 1956, then to major individual stands or tables. The majority of general in 1959. awarded to Dmytro Stepovyk’s monumen- books shown were in Ukrainian, mostly tal album-size study of “The History of The turning point came on September 7, 1961, in Moscow, at a local party confer- from Lviv, Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, (Continued on page 14) Kharkiv, Zaporizhia and Kherson. Beside (Continued on page 14) No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1997 7

UNIS to celebrate 20th anniversary WASHINGTON – The 20th anniver- Officials from the Department of State as CCAANNADAADA CCOOURIERURIER sary of the Ukrainian National Information well as diplomats from the Embassy of Service (UNIS), the Washington office of Ukraine have been invited to join in the cel- by Christopher Guly the Ukrainian Congress Committee of ebration of the UNIS 20th anniversary. The America, will be celebrated with a gala Ukrainian community also is invited. benefit on Saturday, November 1. The gala Entertainment will feature a vocalist, will be held at the Key Bridge Marriott in and the evening’s celebrations will con- Arlington, Va. The celebration will begin clude with dancing to the accompaniment Taras Kulish: how to succeed in opera at 6 p.m. with cocktails, followed by a din- of the Mandry Orchestra until 1 a.m. There’s little dispute that Luciano producing two children in the process, Ms. ner and special program at 7-9 p.m. Donations for the evening gala will be Pavarotti has transformed opera into big Mehta left Mr. Mehta. Though she had The program will consist of several key $100 per person. Please make reservations business. The Italian superstar tenor was enough of Zubin, his brother, Zarin, seemed speakers. Among those invited to address by calling UNIS, (202) 547-0018. All scheduled to perform in Ottawa on eager to help her out with the kids. So, Ms. the gala are Hennadii Udovenko, president donations should be sent to the UNIS November 5. Citing scheduling problems, Mehta married Zarin, about 30 years ago, of the United Nations General Assembly office, and checks should be made payable Mr. Pavarotti had to cancel his concert, and the couple lives in Chicago where and foreign affairs minister of Ukraine, to the UCCA. which commanded a price for VIP tickets Zarin Mehta heads the Chicago Symphony Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Sen. Hotel reservations may be made direct- as high as $1,200 (about $880 U.S.). Orchestra. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and members of ly with the Key Bridge Marriott Hotel, Commanding a following that more Hanging out with the heavy-duty opera the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus. (703) 524-6400 or (800) 327-9789. befits say a pop or rock star, Mr. Pavarotti stars also taught Mr. Kulish a thing or two has also popularized his musical genre and professionally: aim your goals as high as Constitutional Court for a decision.” brought along all the trappings that come the notes pushed from your throat on stage. Verkhovna Rada acts... Pundits and experts have commented with the cult of celebrity that surround him. So he does. (Continued from page 1) in Ukraine’s press that the president is Taras Kulish has learned how opera is, Soon, when he creeps into his 30s, Mr. close vote. President Kuchma had said working in a subtle manner to keep the well, show business. “It’s who you know,” Kulish will become a “free agent” in the such a requirement could prove unconsti- elections from occurring. Because he has he says. “If you don’t have the right con- opera world. When that happens, he will tutional because it had the ability to limit no party structure to support him in the tacts and you’re not at the right place at the have to negotiate his own fees with compa- the number of candidates in certain Verkhovna Rada, he can rely only on his right time, nobody’s going to care.” nies. Standing 5-foot-11, weighing in at regions of Ukraine. regional leaders to organize candidates Right now, Mr. Kulish, a boyish-looking 190 pounds and blessed with a booming Another point on which the Verkhovna for office. A modified majority system 29-year-old Montreal native, lives in (perhaps intimidating, when used in that Rada, on second thought, decided it would have better suited his ability to Vancouver. He seems to be in the right way) voice, Mr. Kulish will likely have lit- agreed with the president is that all elec- develop a bloc in the next Verkhovna place at the right time. tle problem playing hardball. toral districts should have equal numbers Rada that would support his agenda. Young by operatic standards, the Fluent in five languages (English, Ukrainian Canadian bass-baritone is a of voters with a deviation of up to 10 per- This is why he suggested in early French, Russian, Italian and Ukrainian, member of the Vancouver Opera cent, not the 5 percent that originally had summer that the elections be postponed which he spoke exclusively for the first five Company’s Young Artists Ensemble. As been approved. for a year, using the reasoning that the years of his life), Mr. Kulish is poised to such, he and his ensemble colleagues take Ivan Yemets, chairman of the Central beginning of the election season would take on the great opera houses of Europe home about $800 (about $580 U.S.) a Electoral Commission, said on Ukrainian bring to a complete halt any ability to and the United States. week. Television News, the official govern- implement reforms. “I could survive in Canada, but I’m This season, Mr. Kulish will have a role ment news broadcast, he was particularly Many believe the president came out aiming a bit higher,” he says. “I’m hoping in the Vancouver Opera Company’s pro- pleased about that because he did not see that works out. But from everything that’s in support of a mixed electoral system duction of “Salome” in November, “La how a 5 percent limit could have practi- happened so far, it looks like it will.” because it was better than a straight pro- Bohème” next spring and a school tour of cally been assured given the unequal portional one, where all seats go to polit- “Hansel and Gretel” in the Lower Mainland populations of Ukraine’s oblasts. He ical parties. of British Columbia. He just finished play- explained that, had that change not As the former president, Mr. ing Friar Laurence in “Romeo and Juliet.” occurred, he could have foreseen many Kravchuk, implied, President Kuchma During the past summer, Mr. Kulish candidates challenging the constitution- could stall elections yet by referring the played the leading role of Leporello in ality of results in certain districts. bill to the Constitutional Court. “Then as Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” at Colorado’s The Verkhovna Rada, which has taken they ponder the issue, there may be a Aspen Music Festival under the baton of so much pride in challenging and need, the president could say, to move the Metropolitan Opera conductor Julius obstructing moves by the president, was elections back,” explained Mr. Kravchuk. Rudel. (Leporello is the sidekick who helps willing to accommodate him on the elec- “Then a very interesting scenario Don Giovanni in his conquests of women.) tion law issue because there is a growing could develop,” he continued. “The Not bad for a guy who only began train- apprehension that elections may not take Constitution states that elections must ing for opera as a young adult. place without a law in place. There exists occur in March. To put them off, we In school, Mr. Kulish played trumpet in a general consensus among political would need to change the Constitution. the Montreal-based Ukrainian-Canadian experts that the old law, which is basical- This would present a very truly interest- band Trembita. But he has good singing ly a remnant of the Soviet system, does ing situation.” genes. Mr. Kulish’s maternal aunt, not meet requirements written into the Whether or not the bill is sent to the Myroslava Werbigska, is an accomplished Constitution. If the elections were held Constitutional Court to validate its legal- lyric soprano who has recorded a few and then deemed unconstitutional, the ity remains to be seen, but the albums for the community. old Parliament would be reseated until Presidential Administration has taken the But the turning point for him, when he new ones could be organized. position that it sees no further barriers to decided to train those deep, basement pipes Even the Communist faction, which the president signing the bill. “The adop- God gave him, came when, as a boy, his today holds a plurality but not a voting tion of most of the president’s recom- parents took him to see an opera based on Taras Kulish majority in the Verkhovna Rada, sup- mendations clears the way for the law’s Taras Shevchenko’s “Kateryna.” ported the mixed election law because its adoption,” said the president’s Chief of “I remember it still. The lead soprano at leaders believe that its better organiza- Foreign Investment... Staff Yevhen Kushniarov on October 15. the end commits suicide by jumping off a tional structure will allow it to finally cliff,” recalls Mr. Kulish. The high drama capture control of the legislature in the So, as the bill stands now, Ukraine’s (Continued from page 1) voters will vote for 225 deputies directly, impressed the 7-year-old and put an idea in vote for parties, where individual person- his head that would come to fruition years ventures from the harsh corporate tax. alities matter less. one from each of 225 single-mandate But at the kick-off meeting of the for- electoral districts that are to be set up later. Even with the acceptance of most of In 1990, Mr. Kulish enrolled in McGill eign investment council, President Leonid within 120 days of the vote, which the President Kuchma’s recommendations, University’s bachelor of music program in Kuchma and Prime Minister Valerii Constitution designates must occur in some doubt still remains about whether Montreal. Five years later, he obtained his Pustovoitenko both spoke optimistically March 1998 (the current scheduled date the law is constitutional. Mr. Yemets of degree, majoring in voice. During that time, about Ukraine’s future and the foreign the CEC said he believes that even the is March 29). Mr. Kulish also made his operatic debut – investment council’s ability to change the provision in the new law that reduces the They will also vote for a party of their albeit as a member of the chorus – in investment environment. number of electoral districts from the choice. Parties gathering at least 3 per- Tchaivovsky’s “Eugene Onegin.” President Kuchma, after enumerating current 450 to 225 is open to constitu- cent of the vote will divvy up the other In 1992, a turning point occurred in his his administration’s political, foreign and tional interpretation. 225 seats proportionally. career. Mr. Kulish met Saskatchewan-born economic accomplishments said, “Besides Former President Leonid Kravchuk, In party voting, political parties must Carmen Mehta, a dramatic soprano whose macroeconomic stabilization, we have put who is a national deputy in the submit a list of their candidates no later father claimed a 50 percent Ukrainian her- in place controls that reduce risks to Verkhovna Rada, speaking at a press than 120 days before the day of elec- itage. investors to a minimum or altogether conference on the memorandum of tions. In single-mandate voting, political “She’s the one who showed me the remove them,” said the president. understanding signed by 12 centrist organizations or parties must present beauty of singing and enjoying this career,” Mr. Pustovoitenko said the long-await- political parties and organizations, could their candidates no later than 60 days explains Mr. Kulish. “She has really been ed surge of investments has already begun. not say for sure that the bill he had voted before the elections. my mentor.” “Lately the investment process has for was constitutional. “It is most proba- To qualify to run in the Verkhovna Indirectly, Ms. Mehta perhaps offered become more active. The appearance on bly constitutional,” said Mr. Kravchuk. Rada elections, a party must present peti- Mr. Kulish a glimpse into the show busi- the Ukrainian market of authoritative “Now it is up to the president to sign the tions of 200,000 voters’ signatures, ness side to opera in the process. investors is a sign that [the business world] bill. He may not. He could say that it including 10,000 signatures from each of Once married to world-renowned con- trusts us and is ready to work with us,” needs to be turned over to the 14 various oblasts of Ukraine. ductor Zubin Mehta for seven years, and said the prime minister. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1997 No. 42 The UNA’s Jersey City headquarters, 1974-1997

How do you say goodbye to a building? Especially one that was so much a part of your history? One way is to look back and reflect. Hence this pictorial appreciation of the UNA’s former headquarters in Jersey City, N.J. * ** Seen in the photos on this page (beginning with top row, from left) are: the Ukrainian National Association headquar- ters building, located at 30 Montgomery St., being built in the early 1970s near the Hudson River against the backdrop of Manhattan and the World Trade Center, whose second tower was still being constructed (the UNA building’s ground- breaking was held on November 30, 1970); the day of the “topping off,” June 9, 1972, when the American, Canadian and Ukrainian flags were raised atop the completed structur- al frame of the 15-story building; UNA Supreme President Joseph Lesawyer (right) places historical and cultural arti- facts, including a jubilee almanac of the UNA, into a time capsule to be inserted into the cornerstone on dedication day, February 22, 1974, as Jersey City Mayor Paul Jordan (left) looks on; U.S. Sen. Dominick V. Daniels of New Jersey (second from left) with UNA executives (from left), Supreme President Joseph Lesawyer, Supreme Treasurer Roman Slobodian and Supreme Director for Canada Sen. Paul Yuzyk, next to the building’s cornerstone before it is put in place; the Svoboda print shop tries out its new offset press at the new headquarters building. No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1997 9

Seen on this page: Patriarch Josyf Slipyj, primate of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, visiting in 1976, enjoys the view of New York City from the 15th floor of the Ukrainian National Association’s headquarters building with Supreme President Joseph Lesawyer (left) and Svoboda Editor-in-Chief Anthony Dragan (right); a view of the completed UNA building; newly released Soviet political prisoner and Ukrainian national rights activist Valentyn Moroz is surrounded by the news media as he holds his first inde- pendent press conference in the UNA’s executive conference room on April 30, 1979 (on the left is UNA Supreme President John O. Flis, on the right is Svoboda Editor Zenon Snylyk, who served as Mr. Moroz’s interpreter); UNA executive officers (from left) Treasurer Alexander Blahitka, Secretary Walter Sochan, President Ulana Diachuk, Vice- Presidentess Gloria Paschen and Vice- President Nestor Olesnycky, with a birth- day cake for the UNA on the occasion of the organization’s 100th anniversary in 1994; Leonid Kravchuk, former president of Ukraine, is welcomed to the UNA Home Office in 1995. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1997 No. 42

Ukrainian pro hockey update by Ihor Stelmach

Fifty-three Ukrainians for seasoning somewhere in Tampa Bay’s on ‘97 NHL training camp rosters farm system. Three of Washington’s top nine forwards are Ukrainians: top gun right A whopping 53 professional hockey wing Peter Bondra, feisty and dependable players of Ukrainian descent found them- left wing Steve Konowalchuk and the enig- selves on official National Hockey League matic left wing Andrei Nikolishin. Stay training camp rosters and in training camps tuned for a developing story on super Planning a trip to as the 1997-1998 hockey season got under sniper Bondra. WEST2282 Bloor St. W., Toronto, ARKA Ont., Canada M6S 1N9 way. Not a misprint, folks: 53! They range Up in the Eastern’s Northeast Division, in stature, ability and age, from venerable Gifts guess what? There’s finally a Ukrainian veterans like Wayne Gretzky and Dave UKRAINE? Ukrainian Handicrafts skating in Beantown. 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The SERVING NY/NJ/CT REGION CEMETERIES by position with a brief comment as to their only way these boys will see action in OBLAST NHL status and potential contributions in Chicago is emergency injury backup. 1997-1998. Otherwise, see you guys in Indianapolis In the Eastern Conference’s Atlantic Distributor of fine Ukrainian products - Cassettes, Compact MEMORIALS (IHL). One of two squads with five YEVSHAN P.O. BOX 746 Division, we start with the Florida discs - Videos - Language tapes & Dictionaries - Computer Chester, NY 10918 Ukrainians on its roster is Dallas. Of the fonts for PC & MAC - Imported Icons - Ukrainian Stationery Panthers. Right wing David Nemirovsky five, probably defenseman Richard - Cookbooks - Food parcels to Ukraine 914-469-4247 will earn a regular spot on Florida’s third BILINGUAL HOME APPOINTMENTS Matvichuk is the only true Star. Right wing Call for a free catalog forward line. Young defenseman Joey Pat Elynuik was brought in as a try-out. 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Veteran Kocur separated his shoulder late in camp. blueliner Kenny Daneyko returns for still Porsches, Cadillacs, Chevys. BMW’s, Single Ukrainians The Wings also list two unknowns on their another season of punishment as does vet- Corvettes. Also Jeeps, 4WD’s. P.O. Box 24733, Phila., Pa. 19111 roster: blueliner Chad Wilchynsky and left eran left wing Dave Andreychuk. These Your area. Toll Free 1-800-218-9000 wing Paul Goleniak. A guess is back to two guys continue to be key Devils. It juniors. Captain Coyote Keith Tkachuk Ext. A-1871 for current listings. appears GM Mike Milbury will give free (LW) and future Norris Trophy candidate agent acquisition Yevgeny Namestnikov a Oleg Tverdovsky are two major Ukrainian real opportunity on Long Island. The kid headaches in Phoenix. Tkachuk has been GOV’T FORECLOSED homes from pennies has racked up decent scoring totals in suspended due to a demanded contract re- Vancouver’s farm system and truly negotiation, while Tverdovsky is an on $1. Delinquent Tax, Repo’s, REO’s. Your deserves this shot. With Mark Messier tak- unsigned restricted free agent holding out Area. Toll Free 1-800-218-9000 ing the money and running off to for major bucks. (More on Tkachuk later.) Vancouver, the New York Rangers now Ext. H-1871 for current listings. Backup goalie Darcy Wakaluk will be out become Wayne Gretzky’s team. Surround a couple of more months rehabilitating his the NHL’s most gifted-ever centerman knee surgery. Young defenseman Alex with two good quality wingers and pencil Andreyev is an unknown thus far. The in “The Great One” for 100+ points this other of two organizations with five coming season. Disappointing draft pick Ukrainians is St. Louis. Defenseman defenseman Lee Sorochan is running out of Alexander Godynyuk was acquired in a chances and minor league options. trade with Carolina. He’ll play. Goaltender Philadelphia lists enforcer-defenseman- Mike Buzak still has some potential, but winger Frank Bialowas on its roster, but will see his playing time in the lower minor Bialowas will do his skating on leagues. Joining him in the minors will be Philadelphia’s other team – the AHL’s Phantoms. Blueliner Kyle Kos is destined (Continued on page 11) No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1997 11

more seasons, officially became a holdout Statement by Ukrainian... the Holy Orthodox Church of Poland has Pro hockey... when he told GM Bobby Smith he turned to us, and to give our blessing and (Continued from page 10) wouldn’t play in the club’s final pre-season (Continued from page 2) confirm its autocephalous and indepen- defender Nick Naumenko, right wing Alex game on September 27 at Dallas. subjugation to be non-canonical. For dent status.” Vasilevski, and, for the first time, young Tkachuk reported to training camp amid example, in the “1924 Patriarchal Tomos Following our consultations with the left wing Jonathan Zukiwsky. Toronto’s reports he was contemplating a holdout, but of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Patriarchate of Constantinople, we are loan Ukrainian representative, right wing he vehemently denied that. He had been Constantinople” granting autocephalous still of the firm belief that the most effec- Mark Kolesar, is once again on his way to practicing with the team daily, but was kept status to the Church of Poland, we read tive way which we as bishops of the St. John’s (AHL). out of the line-up in what Smith originally the following: Church outside of Ukraine can pursue our Out in the Western’s Pacific Division said was the club’s decision. “Having lovingly reviewed this peti- goal is through the canonical order of our holy Church. We may be impatient with we find only a smattering of Ukrainians However, Smith said he “was only cov- tion (from Poland), and taking into con- the pace of progress toward that goal and dotting NHL rosters. No Ukie Ducks on ering” for Tkachuk who never had any sideration the precepts of the Holy the methodical and deliberate steps taken the Pond at Anaheim. However, there are intentions of playing. Now, it appears the Canons, which establish that the arrange- in that process, but we also understand three Ukrainians each in Calgary and Coyotes’ top player will sit until the club ment of ecclesiastical matters must con- that it is only such a necessarily slow Colorado. Todd Hlushko has earned a per- makes him one of the richest players in the form to political and civil forms (IV process, which will ensure a long and manent center slot with the Flames. Top league. Ecumenical Council, Canon 17, VI draft pick center Daniel Tkaczuk experi- Smith has been negotiating a contract lasting unification of our jurisdictions and Ecumenical Council, Canon 38), as well which will obtain the recognition of the enced his first NHL training camp and was extension with Tkachuk’s agent, Bob as the canonical opinion of Photius, to returned to juniors. Right wing Greg Murray. Smith told Tkachuk he expected entire Orthodox world. The eyes of all wit: ‘It is accepted that the rules which who see and the ears of all who hear must Pankiewicz got sent down to the AHL. In him to honor the existing contract, which is touch upon ecclesiastical matters, and in Colorado, it’s a Ukrainian youth move- scheduled to pay him $2.8 million this sea- be opened to the ultimate and inescapable particular, matters pertaining to parishes, destiny of an Autocophalous Church for ment. Defenseman Wade Belak was his son and next, and $3 million in 1999-2000. are to conform to political and adminis- Ukraine. team’s top pick in the 1994 entry draft and However, Tkachuk – who made $6 mil- trative changes, and on the other hand, The accomplishment of this goal will could stick with the parent club. He’s 6- lion two years ago in the first year of his bowing to the conditions of canonical not take decades or centuries as it has for foot-four and 205 pounds. His brother, also five-year, $17.4 million deal – apparently duty, which place upon our Holy other autocephalous Churches, simply a defenseman, Graham, was Colorado’s wants his contract restructured so he makes Ecumenical See the obligation of caring because the pace of communication and second selection in the 1997 entry draft. at least $7 million a season. for Orthodox Churches which are found action in this modern world prohibit such. Graham is back to juniors, as is future goal- Bondra out, too in need; and having investigated a fact But, it will take an extended period of tender Randy Petruk. The Edmonton Oilers which even history does not contest (for it time for the jurisdictions and individuals took a budgeted gamble on oft-injured The Washington Capitals’ sprint is recorded that the first separation of the involved in Ukraine to resolve the issues defenseman Drake Berehowsky, who is through training camp encountered some Kyivan Metropolia and the Metropoliae which divide them and come to a willing- probably ticketed for the minors. Zero very rough road early in the exhibition sea- of Lithuania and Poland from our see, to ness to abandon any personal ambitions Ukes in L.A. Veteran netminder Kelly son. And the hangover from the problem which they belonged, and their incorpora- or desires they may, as individuals, have. Hrudey returns for more pucks and could very well be long and painful. tion into the Holy Church of Moscow, In this process we, as hierarchs, clergy ambushes in San Jose’s nets. “Old Man Right winger Peter Bondra, who has occurred contrary to the prescripts of and faithful of the Church in the diaspora, River,” Vancouver backliner Dave Babych, averaged 49 goals in each of the past two canonical regulations, and the fact that all must be as patient and helpful as we can. reupped for two more years. Babych was seasons, claims he and his agent, Rich which was established in the complete We stand firmly with our brothers and ecstatic to hear Mark Messier was coming Winter, were told last March his contract ecclesiastical autonomy of the Kyivan sisters of Ukraine and confirm our devo- to Vancouver from the Rangers because would be renegotiated. When talks took Metropolitan, who bore the title of tion to the Ukrainian nation in her politi- he’d finally have a teammate with less hair longer than what Bondra thought they Exarch of the Ecumenical Throne, was cal independence among the nations of than himself. should, he refused to participate in exhibi- not totally complied with); Our Humility the world and to Her ecclesiastical inde- Of other interest: Dale “Ducky” tion games, saying a serious injury might and our Most Holy Metropolitans and pendence amongst the Orthodox Hawerchuk announced his retirement from complicate the negotiations. beloved brothers and concelebrants in the Churches of the world. May our Loving hockey (more on this story later), and vet- GM George McPhee suspended Bondra Holy Spirit, have considered it their Lord be our Strength and the Holy Spirit eran Brian Bellows was not offered a con- on September 19 for not honoring his con- obligation to hear the petition with which our Guide in the days and years ahead. tract and remains an unrestricted free agent tract, which has three years to run. McPhee waiting for his telephone to ring. said there would be no further talks until Ukrainian transactions Bondra returns with a commitment to fully honor his obligations. On the Occasion of the UABA’s 20th Anniversary Bondra is scheduled to make $2.1 mil- Carolina: Alexander Godynyuk, D, trad- the ed to St. Louis. Brent Fedyk, RW, signed lion this season, the middle year in a five- to try-out. year deal. The two sides apparently have Detroit: Joey Kocur, RW, signed one- agreed on finances on a new three-year Ukrainian American Bar Association year contract. deal: $2.9 million, $3 million and $3.2 mil- cordially invites you to a Los Angeles: Dimitri Khristich, LW-C, lion. traded to Boston. But the length of the contract is the Commemorative Meeting and Gala Dinner Dance Philadelphia: Dale Hawerchuk, C, sticking point. The Caps were insisting on retired. a fourth year as the price for renegotiating; Friday, November 14, 1997 Ottawa: Mike Maneluk, LW, signed Bondra and Winter wanted the deal kept at 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. multi-year contract. three years, which will make the 29-year- Reception at the Embassy of Ukraine Vancouver: Dave Babych, D, signed old an unrestricted free agent when it two-year contract. expires. Saturday Program, November 15, 1997 Washington: Andrei Nikolishin, C, Double coyote trouble Key Bridge Marriott Hotel agreed to one-year contract. 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. UABA Conference Tkachuk at odds over contract Unsigned defenseman Oleg Tverdovsky 12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Working Lunch indicated his desire to be traded. Tverdovsky was actually demanding close The Phoenix Coyotes suspended captain Luncheon Speaker: Ambassador William H. Courtney (invited) Keith Tkachuk indefinitely after the to $2 million per season. GM Bobby Smith Special Assistant to President Clinton and Ukrainian All-Star left winger and the said in late-September a trade was out of Senior Director, Russia, Ukraine and Eurasian Affairs NHL’s reigning goal-scoring leader refused the question. Greedy II? Not necessarily to play in any games until his contract is this time. Is Tverdovsky worth these big negotiated. bucks? All things considered, he probably ~ Gala Dinner Dance ~ Tkachuk, who is under contract for three is. Go for it! The Metropolitan Club of the City of Washington, DC 7:00 p.m. Cocktails; 8:00 p.m. Dinner; 9:30 p.m. Dance Keynote Speaker: His Excellency, Henady Udovenko Foreign Minister of Ukraine and President of the 52nd Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations

Dancing Entertainment: “Tempo” RSVP by October 23, 1997 Black Tie Optional ~ Key Bridge Marriott Hotel For additional information, contact: (800) 327-9789 Bohdanna T. Pochoday, UABA Pres. Reserve by October 23, 1997 4-G Avon Court Chatham, NJ 07928-1765 (888) UABA-LAW or (201) 701-0544

Friday Reception at Embassy of Ukraine ($20.00 p.p.) Saturday Conference & Cont. Breakfast ($35.00 p.p.) Saturday Lunch at Key Bridge Marriott ($28.00 p.p.) Dinner Dance at the Metropolitan Club ($125.00 p.p.) 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1997 No. 42

Leadership Conference... (Continued from page 3) we have not yet resolved the means and structures that will continue the link with our Ukrainian heritage. To make this pos- sible, we have to understand that each institution ... has to function in accor- dance with its objectives,” she explained. While optimistic about the Ukrainian Catholic Church’s future, Ms. Hayda pre- sented some sobering statistics, which show Church membership dropping from 320,000 members in 1960 to 123,000 in 1997. The figures were compiled by Myron B. Kuropas, author and expert on the Ukrainian American experience in the United States and a longtime leader in the Ukrainian National Association, another panel participant. His analysis of the UNA was sobering as well. Of the four original Ukrainian fraternal organizations, only the UNA seems viable, and it is downsizing, he said. It Natalie Sluzar shut its Washington office, stopped the Ambassador William Courtney, spe- Svoboda index project, cut cultural cours- cial assistant to the president and es, suspended paying dividends and sold senior director for Russia, Ukraine its headquarters building in Jersey City, and Eurasian Affairs at the National N.J. Its newspapers, Svoboda and The Security Council, addresses the Ukrainian Weekly, are losing circulation. Leadership Conference luncheon. “We have eaten our young,” Dr. Kuropas said, admitting that the UNA some frustration even among some tradi- failed to engage in strategic planning, tional supporters of Ukraine,” he added. “managed by denial” and was unable to Laryssa Lapychak Chopivsky, director restructure in time. Hopefully, he added, of the TWG Cultural Fund, which was the problem will bottom out within the established three years ago to promote next few years. Ukrainian culture in Washington, said The most upbeat presentation was by that a good way to promote Ukrainian Bohdan Watral, president and CEO of the culture in a community is by getting the Selfreliance Ukrainian Federal Credit local arts organizations involved. One Union in Chicago. The Ukrainian credit does that by becoming a member of these unions in the United States are in their groups, supporting them financially, and “golden age,” he said. Their assets have helping them fill the seats when they grown to $1.1 billion; membership sponsor Ukrainian artists, she said. increased to 61,000; and their net income Andrew Fedynsky, a Cleveland-based is at $15 million. government and business consultant, NEW YORK SCHOOL OF BANDURA Many credit unions, like the one he noted that over the past half-century ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: JULIAN KYTASTY Ukrainian Americans have been “incredi- BRANCHES: NEW YORK, YONKERS, ASTORIA, UNIONDALE heads in Chicago, have turned into seven- days-a-week, full-service financial insti- bly successful,” if one measures success Individual and group lessons at all levels. tutions, with everything from savings by achieving objectives. He said the most accounts and VISA cards to ATM important among these objectives was Parents interested in founding a branch of the NYSB machines. But in order to remain success- independence for Ukraine, in which the in their area are encouraged to contact us. ful, he stressed, they have to continuously diaspora played its important role. As the director of the Ukrainian Nick Czorny, administrator, (718) 658-7449 “scan the horizon” and change. Museum-Archives in Cleveland, Mr. Julian Kytasty, artistic director, (212) 995-2640 Bohdan Vitvitsky, vice-president of the Ukrainian American Professionals Fedynsky described how, through net- and Businesspersons Association of New working and cooperation with other local York and New Jersey, pointed out that, non-Ukrainian institutions, the Museum- while “our parents were involuntary eth- Archives developed. “We’re using the nics — they couldn’t be anything else — assets of the state, the city, the founda- we have a choice: we can assimilate; we tions to promote Ukrainian culture, but are voluntary ethnics.” we’re doing it as Americans,” he said. “So why continue? he asked.” “We as Michael Sawkiw, director of the a community have not yet begun to Ukrainian National Information Service address that.” The next Leadership in Washington, pointed out that the dis- Conference, he said, should have as its semination of information, which is what theme “Will There be a Ukrainian UNIS does, is one way of exercising American community by 2020, and Does influence on Congress or the government. It Matter?” Another, very important method is On the positive side, Dr. Vitvitsky through e-mails, faxes, phone calls and added that the Ukrainian American com- letters — preferably personal and hand- munity probably will survive somehow written — from constituents. Members of even without a remedy. And both he and Congress should be reminded that they Dr. Kuropas said they believe that the have Ukrainian Americans constituents Church and fraternal organizations were who take positions on issues, Mr. Sawkiw critical to this survival. said, and called on conference partici- pants to get their representatives to join THE MICHAEL AND ORSON SKORR ORCHESTRAS Introducing the third panel, which dealt with exercising influence within the newly formed Congressional American society, Orest Deychakiwsky, Ukrainian Caucus. staff associate of the Commission on Robert McConnell of the law firm Security and Cooperation in Europe, Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher cited the PACKAGES TO UKRAINE noted that the situation has changed in importance of grass-roots action by using recent years with respect to the communi- the example of what many consider the ty’s relations with the government. almighty pro-Israel lobbying group as low as $ .59 per Lb “Generally speaking, U.S. government AIPAC. When AIPAC lost the vote in policies toward Ukraine are now favor- Congress on the AWACS sale to Saudi DNIPRO CO able. There’s no question about it. There’s Arabia in 1981, its own analysis found been a tremendous evolution in the last that much of the balance of power in the NEWARK, NJ PHILADELPHIA CLIFTON, NJ three-four-five years,” he said. But sup- Congress had shifted to the South and 698 Sanford Ave 1801 Cottman Ave 565 Clifton Ave port for Ukraine cannot be taken for grant- West, where they traditionally had not Tel. 201-373-8783 Tel. 215-728-6040 Tel. 201-916-1543 ed, he added, especially now, when exercised grass-roots influence, Mr. *Pick up service available Ukraine is not completing its promised economic reforms. “And this is causing (Continued on page 13) No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1997 13

Marta Zielyk, who interprets for Leadership Conference... President Bill Clinton and other senior (Continued from page 12) U.S. officials in their trips to or dealings McConnell said. AIPAC concentrated on with Ukraine, described how she and organizing the grass-roots in those dis- other Ukrainian Americans found them- tricts and bounced back to defeat another selves in a unique position when a whole Saudi arms sale four years later. new world of opportunities opened up on “My point: grass-roots are critical to the eve of Ukraine’s independence, and influence in today’s political process,” related some personal stories and obser- Mr. McConnell said. “And grass-roots is vations from her life as America’s top more than mailing lists.” Ukrainian-language interpreter. “Democracy is not a spectator sport. It Andrij Masiuk, who has been with the is a hands-on sport. And, if you intend to International Management Institute in make a difference, you have to be com- Ukraine since 1989 and its director gener- mitted to major effort and smart enough al from 1992 to 1997, said that one of the to evolve with the changes of difficult things to pass on to the students Washington’s power structure,” Mr. there was the concept of authority of law, McConnell said. as opposed to the authority of position or Andrew Bihun, the senior commercial affiliation to which they were accus- officer at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, tomed. opened the fourth panel by calling on And because of the prevalence of the Ukrainian Americans and Ukrainian law of position, which leads to corrup- Canadians to play a more active role in tion, clans, mafia-type activities and a what he called “private sector, corporate lack of trust outside of family and friends, diplomacy” to increase investments in 55 percent of Ukraine’s economy is Ukraine, which will be very important in thought by officials to be “shadow” the next stage of Ukraine’s development. (unreported), 25 percent is barter and Increased activity in Ukraine by large, only 20 percent is reported. In such an medium and small U.S. and Canadian environment, Mr. Masiuk said, “the use- firms in Ukraine will not only increase the fulness of laws is not fully understood.” needed capital investment in Ukraine, but The last panel, organized by the U.S.- it will also help the government’s “Clean Ukraine Foundation, featured its presi- Hands” campaign by spreading Western dent, Nadia Komarnycky McConnell; ethical business behavior practices. financial and grants administrator John Natalie Sluzar Peace Corps Ukraine Country Director Kun and Deputy Project Director Joyce Ambassador Yuri Shcherbak shows off the plaque indicating he has been named Jaroslav Dutkewych noted that the Peace Warner. an honorary member of The Washington Group as TWG President George Corps presence of 190 volunteers in The panel described how the foundation Masiuk looks on. Ukraine is the largest in Europe and Asia won and is implementing a three-year, and two short of being the largest in the $6.9 million U.S. Agency for International winning recordings, as well as a few by ous financial support from the Heritage world. The program started in 1992 with Development grant for establishing 18 Mr. Ostroushko with Ukrainian themes. Foundation of the Chicago-based 1st 60 business volunteers. Now it includes U.S.-Ukraine community partnerships for The Washington Group is the largest Federal Savings Bank and seven Ukrainian programs in English-language teaching the purpose of training and education. association of Ukrainian American profes- credit union organizations: of New York, and ecology. Following Sunday brunch, conference sionals in the United States. This year’s Baltimore, Philadelphia, Rochester, These volunteers work in all of participants heard a performance by conference was co-sponsored by the Chicago, the Ukrainian Orthodox Federal Ukraine’s large cities, in all oblasts. The America’s leading mandolinist and fid- Embassy of Ukraine, the U.S.-Ukraine Credit Union of New York/Sound Bound volunteers come not only to teach, he said, dler Peter Ostroushko and guitarist Dean Foundation and the Ukrainian Medical Brook and the Ukrainian National Credit but to get involved in the community. Magraw, playing songs from their award- Association of North America, with gener- Union Association.

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(Continued from page 16) the Tamburitzans’ 40-member group per- er Prof. Serge Eremenko, which will be forms a musical pageant of Eastern held at First Presbyterian Church, 10025 European folk music, songs and dances 105th St., at 3 p.m. Prof. Eremenko’s with a Lviv orchestra and colorful cos- works will be performed by the Dnipro, tumes. Tickets: $10, reserved seating. For CYMK, Verkhovyna, St. John’s/St. Elia’s more information call Irene Pashesnik, and Strumochok choirs, the Merezhi vocal (610) 384-7285. ensemble piano and violin soloists, a trio and a string quartet. Admission: $7; chil- EDMONTON: The Ukrainian Music dren 12 and under, free. For additional Society of Alberta invites the public to a information call the society, (403) 434- concert of the works of Edmonton compos- 6671. Turning the pages...

(Continued from page 6) ence. Gen. Grigorenko warned of the potential of a reversion to Stalinism, criticized the party’s bureaucratization and corruption, and advocated a thoroughgoing democra- tization of the party’s organizational structure. He was deprived of his credentials on the spot. Removal from his academic posts followed soon after, then a transfer back to the Far East, and then a removal from active service. In November 1963, he founded the League of Struggle for the Revival of Leninism and publicly championed the right of the Crimean Tatars, a people smeared as collab- orators by Stalin, to return to their homeland. Arrested in February 1964, he was sent to the notorious Serbsky Institute in Moscow and examined by the infamous political abusers of psychiatry Andrei Snezhnevsky and Daniil Lunts. Gen. Grigorenko was committed to psychiatric prisons in 1964-1965 and 1969- 1974, where he was tortured by the likes of the anti-Hippocratic pseudo-clinician Margarita Taltse. His health destroyed, he nevertheless maintained close contacts with the leading lights of the Soviet dissident movement, including Academician Andrei Sakharov and Yuri Orlov, who conceived of the tactic of holding the Soviet leadership accountable to the human rights provisions of the 1975 Helsinki Accords. Gen. Grigorenko was among the 11 signatories of the first declaration of what became known as the Moscow Helsinki Monitoring Group. On November 9, 1976, together with Oles Berdnyk, Ivan Kandyba, Levko Lukianenko, Myroslav Marynovych, Mykola Matusevych, Oksana Meshko, Mykola Rudenko, Nina Strokata and Oleksa Tykhy, he co-founded the Ukrainian group in Kyiv. Almost exactly a year later, Gen. Grigorenko departed with his wife for the U.S. to seek treatment for various ailments. During his travels, on March 9, 1978, he was deprived of Soviet citizenship for “doing harm to the prestige of the USSR” and, to his chagrin, deprived of his right to return. For the remaining nine years of his life, Gen. Grigorenko remained an indefatigable champion of human rights within the Soviet Union and around the world, leading the External Representation of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group. Unfortunately, he did not live even to see his 80th birthday, passing away in New York City on February 21, Need a back issue? 1987, nor the release of Danylo Shumuk a scant three months later. Nor did he wit- If you’d like to obtain a back issue of The Ukrainian Weekly, ness the fall of the USSR he had come to oppose with such dedication, nobility and send $2 per copy (first-class postage included) to: Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly, wisdom, and therefore, which he helped cause. 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Sources: “Grigorenko, Petro,” Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 2 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988); “Memoirs,” translated by Thomas Whitney (New York, W.W. Norton and Co., 1982).

An autumn report... (Continued from page 6) Ukrainian Icons 10th-20th centuries,” (pub- lished by Lybid, Kyiv). A special award was given to A-BA-BA-HA-LA-MA-GA for its children’s books. As many articles continue to point out, the total Ukrainian book output continues to be quite disheartening: Ukrainian books represent only about half of all the pub- lished titles in Ukraine, and 40 percent of the total number of books, providing about one book per each Ukrainian this year. It is hardly something to be proud of. Publishers continue to complain about the exorbitant taxes leveled on them, as well as the requirement for bookstores to pay taxes (20 percent) upfront, as soon as they accept any book for sale, a law that is to go in effect on October 1, threatening to paralyze the whole publishing industry and book sales. It is indeed a wonder that Ukraine continues to publish, and that the technical quality of books continues to improve

Clarification In the story about the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund’s convention (September 28) it was noted that the CCRF’s Hartford branch, which was pre- sented the Chapter of the Year Award, had raised $100,000. In fact, the chapter had raised that amount over a seven-year peri- od, not during the past year as stated at the banquet. No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1997 15

Detroit, MI District Committee of the NOTESNOTES ONON PEOPLEPEOPLE Ukrainian National Association announces that its DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING Awarded $160,000 will be held on SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1997 at 10:00 AM research fellowship at Ukrainian Cultural Center BOSTON — Mary Didiuk, Ph.D., 26601 Ryan Road, Warren, Michigan was awarded a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Obligated to attend the meeting are Fellowship. The two-year, $160,000 fel- District Committee Officers, Branch Officers, lowship supports Dr. Didiuk’s postdoc- Organizers and Convention Delegates toral research in the laboratory of Prof. from the following Branches: Gregory Verdine of Harvard University, a leader in nucleic acid and protein 20, 82, 94, 146, 165, 174, 175, chemistry. 183, 235, 292, 303, 309, 341 Dr. Didiuk, who completed her doc- The Fall District Meeting will be devoted torate at Boston College in 1996, is to organizational matters and will update working to isolate and characterize the information about UNA’s various enzymes that repair cancer-causing insurance plans. DNA and to develop new techniques to improve their chances for successful iso- Meeting will be attended by: lation. Her work is expected to play an Dr. Mary Didiuk Nestor Olesnycky, Esq., UNA Vice President important role in the scientific communi- Anatole Doroshenko, UNA Auditor her research will have a significant ty’s ongoing pursuit of a cure for cancer. Insure Alexander Serafyn, UNA Advisor Dr. Didiuk, who declined both the impact on the future of chemistry. Roman Kuropas, UNA Advisor National Institutes of Health and the Dr. Didiuk completed her undergradu- American Cancer Society Postdoctoral ate studies at Fairfield University in and be sure. District Committee: fellowships to accept the National Fairfield, Conn., in 1991. Her father, Alexander Serafyn, Chairman Science Foundation award, is one of 20 John Didiuk, is the organizer of the Join the UNA! Roman Lazarchuk, Secretary chemists nationwide to receive the Ukrainian Fraternal Credit Union in Jaroslaw Baziuk, Treasurer honor. She was one of only four organic Boston, and an active member of the chemists to be selected, based on her Ukrainian American community there. impressive accomplishments as a doctor- Dr. Didiuk is a member of UNA Branch al student and the strong likelihood that 307 in Boston. Re: Mail delivery of The Weekly It has come to our attention that The Ukrainian Weekly is often delivered late, or irregularly, New Jersey in 1991, and completed a or that our subscribers sometimes receive several issues at once. Receives dentistry general practice residency at Jersey City We feel it is necessary to notify our subscribers that The Weekly is mailed out Friday mornings Medical Center in 1992. She practices in (before the Sunday date of issue) via second-class mail. Upper Montclair and Hackensack, N.J.; is If you are not receiving regular delivery of The Weekly, we urge you to file a complaint at your fellowship award associate director of the general practice local post office. 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Ukraine ‘98 PREVIEW OF EVENTS Friday, October 24 works for two pianos in Grant Hall at 2:30 p.m. This concert, presented by the Verkhovna Rada Elections SILVER SPRING, Md.: Stepan Stepan, Performing Arts Office, Queen’s Follow the latest developments lead baritone, Lviv Opera, will appear in University, will feature performances of concert in a program of arias and songs of works written specifically for the Zuk in the parliamentary election campaign West European classic and Ukrainian reper- in Ukraine on the airwaves of the Duo, including the world premiere of toires, with Volodymyr Vynnytsky at the “Rhapsody” by Canadian composer F.R.C. piano, at St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Clarke and three works by Ukrainian com- Church Hall, 15100 New Hampshire Ave., posers: “Dramatic Triptych” (1993) by Ukrainian Radio Service at 7:30 p.m. Admission: $10. Lesia Dychko from Kyiv, “Three Dances” Ukrainian American Broadcasting Co. NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of (1995) by Myroslav Skoryk from Lviv America presents an “All-Schubert (both works were premiered earlier this year in Montreal) and “Antiphons” (1992) Listen to updates on these programs: Program,” in celebration of the bicentennial of the composer’s birth. The concert pro- by Oleksander Krasotov from Odesa (pre- • Sessions of the Verkhovna Rada gram includes Sonatina in G Minor, Opus miered by the Zuk Duo at the Sixth • Parliamentarians’ roundtables 137, No. 3, with Dmitri Berlinsky, violin, International Ukrainian Music Festival in • Political analyses and Vyacheslav Bakis, piano; six art songs, Kyiv in 1995). The program will also • Ukraine and the World with Wendy Walter, soprano, and Mr. include “Fantasie,” Op. 11 by Max Bruch. For additional information call the • Hourly news reports Bakis, piano; Trio in B-flat Major, Opus 99, with Mr. Bakis, piano, Mr. Berlinsky, violin, Queen’s University Performing Arts and Wanda Glowacka, cello. The concert is Office, (613) 545-2557. Only regular listeners of the Ukrainian Radio Service sponsored by an anonymous donor. It will CHICAGO: The Ukrainian National will know first which direction be held at the UIA, 2 E. 79th St., at 8 p.m. Museum is celebrating its 45th anniversary Ukraine will take after the elections! NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Art and by holding a banquet at the Ukrainian Literary Club and the Zakerzonnia Cultural Center, 2247 W. Chicago Ave., at Call us now: Association of Ukrainians of Toronto are 1 p.m. Guest speaker will be Lt. Cmdr. holding an evening titled “1947.” The pro- Heide Stefanyshyn Piper (U.S. Navy), the 1-800-75-UKRAINE gram will include a reading of “Noha first Ukrainian American woman who is a candidate in the astronaut program. 1-800-758-5724 Poroha Ridnoho Shukaye,” a short story by Ulana Liubovych; excerpts from the article CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard “Triad: Genocide-Trial-Restitution” by Ukrainian Research Institute is holding a Subscribers to the first all-day, everyday Ukrainian Radio Service Michael Dzwinka; and a video film clip • Will receive our service 30 days for free; lecture, as part of its seminar series, by from Polish television. The evening will be Angela Stent, associate professor of govern- • Will be guaranteed three months of Ukrainian television for free; held at the Mayana Gallery, 136 Second ment, Georgetown University, on the topic • Will be first in line to receive their television upgrades Ave., at 7 p.m. For more information, call “Ukraine and Germany: Toward a New (212) 260-4490 or (212) 777-8144. Partnership.” The lecture will be held in the Subscription costs: Saturday, October 25 HURI seminar room, 1583 Massachusetts Ave., at 4-6 p.m. Ukrainian Radio: $20.90 per month ($25.99 + tax in Canada) JERSEY CITY, N.J.: The first fall dance Ukrainian Radio & Television: $29.90 per month ($34 + tax in Canada) will be held at the Ukrainian National NEWARK, N.J.: A Children’s (Cost of installation not included) Home, 90-96 Fleet St., with music by the Masquerade will be held at 2:30-5 p.m. Vidlunnia Band from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. sponsored by the Mothers’ Club of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School Let the Ukrainian American Broadcasting Co. bring you closer to Ukraine! Admission: $10 per person. For table reser- vations call Mary Furey, (201) 656-7755. at St. John’s gymnasium, 762 Sanford Ukrainian American Broadcasting Co. * 1 Bridge Plaza, Suite 145 * Fort Lee, NJ 07024 Kitchen will be open. Ave. Admission is $3; attractions include Pani Marta, games, food and prizes. For NEW YORK: The School of Ukrainian more information call Olia Lukiw, (973) Studies will hold a Children’s Carnival with 376-4829. games, amusements, face painting, refresh- ments and more at 11 a.m.-1 p.m. The event, Monday, November 3 which will be held in the auditorium of St. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Dental Assistant: Lower Westchester George School (East Sixth Street between Ukrainian Research Institute is holding a Second and Third avenues) is open to all lecture, as part of its seminar series, by PT hours/flex - bright, conscientious, team player for growing GP, children from the community. For more English language a must, people skills, neatness a plus. Radoslav Zuk, professor of architecture, information call Irka Hryhorowych, (212) McGill University, titled “Indigenous Fax resume to: (914) 963-1148 477-4322. Constants and Stylistic Variants in or send resume to: JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The Voloshky Ukrainian Architecture.” The lecture will be Dental Office Ukrainian Dance Ensemble is commemorat- held in the HURI seminar room, 1583 P.O. Box 967 ing its 25th anniversary with a special con- Massachusetts Ave., at 4-6 p.m. Greystone Station cert at the Josephine Muller Theater, ADVANCE NOTICE Yonkers, NY 10703 Abington Friends School. The concert, which begins at 7:30 p.m., will feature new Sunday, November 9 choreography and a live orchestra. Tickets: COATESVILLE, Pa.: Holy Ghost $15; seating is limited. For ticket reserva- Ukrainian Orthodox Church will host the tions call Nina Prybolsky, (215) 572-1552. Tamburitzans of Duquesne University in Sunday, October 26 the Coatesville Senior High School SELF RELIANCE (NEWARK, NJ) Auditorium at 2 p.m. Celebrating 60 years, Federal Credit Union KINGSTON, Ont.: Luba and Ireneus 734 SANDFORD AVENUE, NEWARK, NJ 07106 Zuk, piano duo, will perform a concert of (Continued on page 14) Tel (201) 373-7839 • http://www.selfreliance.org • Fax (201) 373-8812 BUSINESS HOURS: Tue & Fri - 12:00 noon to 7 PM • Wed & Thurs - 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM • Sat - 9:00 to 12:00 noon • Mon. - Closed UIA hosts exhibit by Onyshkewych NEW YORK – The Ukrainian Institute League of New York under Reginald of America is holding an exhibit of recent Marsh. After serving in the U.S. Army dur- paintings by noted landscape painter ing the Korean War, Mr. Onyshkewych Zenowij Onyshkewych. The exhibition continued his studies on two consecutive opens on Friday, October 24, at 6:30 p.m. scholarships at the National Academy of with a reception in honor of the artist. Fine Arts under Robert Phillip. He graduat- Recent paintings by Mr. Onyshkewych will ed from Pratt Institute with a B.F.A. degree. be on display on October 25-November 2. Mr. Onyshkewych is a lifetime member Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, of The American Watercolor Society and 11 a.m.-6 p.m., or by appointment. has previously exhibited with the The exhibit will feature works done on Salmagundi Club, the American Watercolor location during Mr. Onyshkewych’s trips to Society, the Invitational Commemorative Italy, France and Switzerland. Also includ- National Arts Club and in many one-man ed are paintings of the Eastern coast of shows in the U.S. and abroad. His work is North America, from Nova Scotia to the included in prestigious national and interna- Florida Keys, as well as a collection of tional collections including the Vatican, Hudson River paintings, a series on which where he was commissioned in 1967 to the artist has been working for nearly 30 paint a life-size portrait of Pope Paul VI. years. Mr. Onyshkewych has been teaching draw- Mr. Onyshkewych was born in Lviv. He ing and painting at the School of arrived in the U.S. in 1949 and studied Continuing Education at Fairfield drawing and painting at the Art Students’ University.